Vendor Risk Management Insights

CISOs know that security risks abound. But objectively measuring risk and balancing it against the needs of the business is essential. Third-party risk provides a perfect case in point and spotlights one of the top challenges facing CISOs today.

Take the shift to cloud infrastructure as an example. It makes obvious business sense to allow your company to reduce its operational footprint to reduce costs to deploy, maintain and support critical IT functions. Local or decentralized IT and line of business areas are now often able to procure SaaS solutions on their own, entirely bypassing the formal IT governance process. From a security perspective, this introduces a larger external footprint and leaves your organization exposed to hard-to-measure inherent risks and controls.